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For someone late to the "game" of Harry Potter (did not read the books when my children did, 15-20 years ago). Now I know who most of the supporting characters are. The stories are excellent. Special effects in the movies are spectacular. Will have to watch again to pick up more of the details I missed. Our neighborhood has a huge Harry Potter Festival each October, this year approx. 45,000 visitors. I wanted to be ready and get in the mood, and the movies did that. At a very affordable price

The dvds all worked well and it's nice to have the whole series in one set. I never read the books and I found the movies to be a little confusing at times. Things like what spiders at the scene of a couple of murders had to do with the murders. Nothing. And why Harry was told to follow the spiders by Hagrid who knew he was putting him in mortal danger. The Muggles (powerless humans) are not supposed to know about magic but many of the wizards and witches have one or two parents and siblings who are Muggles. Magic happens many times around The Muggles in the films and they're supposed to be oblivious to it? New characters are added to the story lines to create new twists but, their histories are incomplete. I believe, at one point it's mentioned that Dumbledore once killed 3 Muggles but nothing else is said about that. I found those and many other inconsistencies in the characters histories confusing.Read full review

I received this excited to watch the Harry Potter story with my daughter after she finished reading each book. When I put it in my DVD player in my computer, the drive title is in Chinese. Umm, curious. I have watched 4 of the 8 movies so far and each movie has at least one glitch in it that disrupts the movie for 10 to 30 seconds, sometimes requiring me to stop and restart the movie. Also, the sound is poor. Very quiet, like this is a cheap, knock-off copy. We are able to watch and mostly enjoy the movie, but I will have to consider the price vs. quality factor before my next purchase.

DVDs arrived with small scratches, and several of them did not play properly in multiple players. They would skip, pause, and completely freeze. We eventually got through them, but only with a lot of trouble - restarting, rewinding, selecting scenes, switching players, etc. Unfortunately I'd already left positive feedback after watching the first disc, and can't change it now. I love the movies, and it's hard to complain about quality for the price, but I wouldn't recommend this particular set.

I've loved the Harry Potter movies since they came out. My mom had all 8 (in original, separate packaging) and when I moved out after graduation she wouldn't part with them - so I had to get my own! If you're in a small apartment or have limited storage/shelves/etc. this is a perfect solution!